St Albert School - Aurora Yearbook (St Albert, Alberta Canada)

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Former Student Goes Abroad In a letter written to us on October 4, 1957, Bill Bocock, a graduate of 1951, gives an account of his projected trip. I leave on Nonday, November 4, on a six-month pleasure trip; so I have been naming arrangements in that connection. Such a statement demands an explanation, so ' ll try. I am going to the Royal ' inter Fair in Toronto on board the freight train tak - ing Alberta ' s livestock entries. (This involves sleeping and eating with some cows for about three days). Then on November 26 I sail with a friend (boyi ) on board the Empress of England from Montreal. We dock at Liverpool from where I head for London and my buddy, John White, heads for his old home in Cornwall. (Hfe has lived in nlberta since ' 49). I ' ll stay near London with a cousin of Dad ' s for a few days snd then fly, taking the longest route possible, to my uncle ' s home in Johannesburg, Louth Africa. — Midsummer at Christmas time. — I ' ll return to England in Feb¬ ruary and pick up a Volkswagen car I bought through the Edmonton dealer, to be de¬ livered in London, England. With the Volkswagen I hope to see some of the United Kingdom and Eire, visiting Dad ' s relatives in England and Mother ' s in Ireland.Then in April or Nay, John White and I will return via New York. I hope to send the car ahead on a freighter,pick it up in New York, and see some of the United otates driv ing home. I realize that these are very big plans for a farmer, but I have the opportun¬ ity now, and, God willing, I hope to make the best of it. With the trip in mind, I bought a new camera similar to the one Harold Cuts has so I may have some pictures next year. I wish you success with the yearbook. For T is fa e UJe are. Y 0; BRUIN INN CITY HOTEL - IN THE COUNTRY Room with Running Water Saloon — Up-to-Date Cafe — Modern